I grew up in churches but have been out of the church for a while and recently with a renewed faith have been church shopping, literally going to at least two dozen looking for the right fit.
One Sunday morning I admitted that to a church member where I was visiting, and he seemed to reply rather disdainfully, "Oh, so you're a church shopper."
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Having heard this before...it seems many in the Christian church believe that you should simply start attending a nearby church and become a member there.
But when else does that ever apply?
Do we buy the first car we test drive...or the first home "for sale" we visit?
Of course, as in love, some people are Blessed to find the right match on the first try...but don't most of us look and search for almost everything before finding the right match?
Don't most of us spend time finding the right college/university, mechanic, doctor, lawyer, accountant etc, etc, etc?
Have you ever heard someone say that after they discovered their favorite restaurant that they go way out of their way to dine there, because they love the food, the service, and deserts etc"?
So shouldn't we look for the right church home...until we find it?
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The upside to all my searching is that I've certainly seen a lot of different worship...umm...rather to say..."styles" of church services.
From the quaint old fashioned, but quite "dead" little churches singing hymns from many decades ago...to dazzling MEGA-Churches with thousands of members, a modern light show and rockin' "praise" band.
I've attended churches who advertise themselves like a night club and who's messages seemed designed to entertain and wow...but aspired to little else.
I've heard sermons where the only focus was SEX, SEX, SEX and have felt in my spirit pastors "ooze" sexual lust from the pulpit.
Recently, I attended a service where they turned off the lights, and while the preacher prayed loudly into the microphone people shouted prayers all over the room. It was bedlam...and not the order Paul commands in 1 Corinthians 14.
So, yes, I'm still looking and pray that in time I can find a church to call home. (I do plan to go back to one soon that I've attended a few times, where I was given a friendly greeting and the Spirit of God seemed to be there!)
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Perhaps all my searching is why I found the video "meChurch" so amusing.
Even if you love your church and didn't have a hard time finding it...you may enjoy it as well.
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